GovTrack
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Website type | Tracking activities of Congress |
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| Available in | English |
| Owners | Civic Impulse, LLC and Joshua Tauberer |
| Revenue | For-profit |
| Website | www |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Copyleft |
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url. Replace with website.GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer. It is based in Washington, D.C., and was launched as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills and members of the United States Congress. Users can add trackers to certain bills, thereby narrowing the scope of the information they receive. The website collects data on members of Congress, allowing users to check members' voting records and attendance relative to their peers. It propagates the ideology of increasing transparency in the government and building better communication between the general public and the government.